I am a nurse, married to my best friend for 22 yrs with 3 children. I take care of pregnant women and the favorite part of my job is prenatal education. I also teach childbirth classes, breastfeeding,newborn care,CPR and abstinence classes. As much as I love my job, I only work part time so that I can home school my son. I am not-so-good at teaching him.I pray that God forgives me for not doing my son justice. I do the best I can but it is challenging because he has many learning disabilities: ADD,Dyslexia,Dysgraphia,APD(auditory processing disorder)and speech delays, so needless to say school is frustrating to all involved. He is actually very smart and creative but lacks self confidence.he has no interest in learning basic school subjects so it is slow going. I am constantly researching new ways to help him. He gets speech,physical and occupational therapy.. He has taught me alot. The hardest thing is dealing with other people who do not understand because he is just like a typical boy in all other ways.On another note: I have 2 daughters who would love to crossover into adulthood if only I would let them.I have not been taking that new role well(which I didn't ask for, it just happened) the role of "parent of adult children". When your children become adult age I think the parent has symptoms of Bipolar Disorder--moments of extreme joy and excitement with sometimes instantaneous moments of disappintment. Help me Lord! And speaking of Him, Jesus is my treasure, He is the only one who has NEVER let me down and always been there for me. I am a Christian but I don't always look like it:I mess up alot. By the grace of God I guess He still has use for me so until he plants me somewhere else I will continue to work with the youth and college age at my church. I can not believe that I get to do this. It has been one of my greatest joys.I'm not good at it at all. I count on God to keep me in line.I feel I was born too soon or too late(I like the oldies and yet I love some of the new contemporary Christian music),had I made different choices in the past I think I would have perfected the drums and joined a Christian band. But at this time, my life is full and complete. My husband works his butt off for us. He is my childrens Hero, especially my son's. I am still missing my mom who died  in Nov 2005 and then my dad moved to Iowa so I have no family nearby and with my girls in college I get lonely sometimes. I guess these are just phases of my life that will help me grow. So if you meet me on the street give me the benefit of the doubt and I will give you the same because God has told me that you are precious.